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Chapter 17 in Naver's 2023 Rookie Short Story Collection (2023 루키 단편선).

For 5,000 years, a harmless herbivorous dragon lived a quiet, secluded life. But everything changed when a girl called Reiko appeared before him. She offers herself as a sacrifice to who she believes is the evil dragon, Revandia, in exchange for helping her defend her village from the demon king. Together, the so-called "evil" dragon, devoid of flight or magical prowess, and the enigmatic girl embark on an epic, demon-vanquishing adventure!

A military headquarters conducts covert experiments, resulting in the development of superhumans such as Ervin. Upon the military base's tragic explosion, Ervin is left to begin his new life amongst ordinary people while also undertaking various missions to support himself financially.

The kingdom of Rahasa is a desert city which is experiencing a drought spanning generations, the last rain was an eternity ago and the sky is clear of clouds. The people’s only salvation is Aquarea, a girl with the ability to create water. But as her powers begin to weaken, what can her friend Asha do?

Do you want eternal life?Red eyes, white skin, golden hair Luna, our protagonist, is an apprentice magician who was bought by Khan, a shabby old magician. Luna is a prideful girl who spends her days learning magic in order to impress Khan, who has no interest in anything other than the study of magic.Then, the previous king dies of illness, and rebellions erupt in various parts of the country. The kingdom is on the brink of destruction, but an army of undead attacks the rebels and puts them down.Who in the world has used the forbidden necromancy?---The princess of the moon, who became a wizard in search of love rather than eternity.What she sought was a world of happiness. The Sun King, in his quest to win the love of the moon princess,proclaimed dominion over the world, all for the sake of a single proof.

Following a momentous battle against giants for the fate of the world, Ronan emerges victorious as the last man standing of the Imperial Army. As he laments this hollow victory with his dying commander, Grand Marshal Adeshan, they quickly learn that the war is far from over and an overwhelming force of giants descends from the heavens. Fearing the worst, yet seeing hope in the courageous Ronan, Adeshan uses her last time slip to send him back to the past, so that he can enroll in the prestigious Phileon Academy and become the strongest swordsman the empire has ever seen!

After becoming the #1 player in "New World," Ark has lost his drive to play and simply fixes things in the game. One day, the government asks him to help defeat Lucifer, an AI from the game who has escaped to the real world and occupied nuclear generators. Lucifer states that he won't detonate them if Ark joins the new game "Galaxian" and defeats him. Excited to play and take down an old foe, Ark joins the game, but this "legend" can't figure out how to get out of the tutorial stage!

Hakuo Gakuin's mighty baseball team consistently makes it to Koushien, and Tamao Azukida dreams of making the team. To achieve his goal, Tamao does extensive research and undergoes a strict daily training regimen. But at tryouts, Tamao meets the enigmatic genius pitcher Tao Ryuudou, and the course of his destiny may be forever changed! If people aren't laughing, then you're not dreaming big enough! A new baseball tale for the era begins!

Modern Japan where dungeons occur. Hayato Amahara, a 16-year-old junior high school graduate, is a poor explorer who sips the slime he has hunted and lives in a ragged house in the accident property. However, when he met a mysterious beauty, Hexa, his life turned around! It was a “weapon creation” that can create weapons! Unique beautiful girls gather around him!?

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Gift Hisono is a gifted painter cursed with financial woes. On the brink of finishing his latest work, his trusty palette knife suddenly snaps! In a desperate attempt to afford a replacement, he steals paint from his close friend and fellow art club member, Taima. This act of theft witnessed by another club member, Kadomi, marks the beginning of his poisonous downfall...

A blacksmith reincarnated into another world sets out to forge the ultimate magic sword! Bacchus, a jack-of-all-trades craftsman with memories of his past life, steps into the world of magic and magic technology with the aim of making magic swords. Despite his diverse skills, Bacchuss magical prowess is expected to cause a lot of trouble, but he doesn't care. He spends his days eating, drinking, crafting magic swords, and occasionally helping others with their problems. While he faces a few complications involving women, Bacchus continues to live his life one day at a time.

Part 2 of the official manga, created by Hypergryph. A look into Arturia's past, her convictions, and how she came to meet Kreide. As the melody flows, so does one's heart speak.

Ellis is quiet and somewhat mysterious young girl who was marked as a murderer and has a nice bounty on her head. Upon meeting the kind-hearted bounty hunter Nadie, the life of Ellis who constantly has to be on the run, makes another drastic turn. Will we find out Ellis's past? What will our heroines face in the future? That's where this story lies...

My friend Ozawa, who has gone missing. He was an editor of an occult magazine, and before his disappearance, he had covered ghost stories related to an area called "". Quotes from past magazine articles, strange stories from readers, and Internet bulletin board posts - as we follow his footsteps and decipher the materials he had collected, certain connections emerge between the ghost stories that had been treated as separate incidents.Manga adaptation of a bizarre mockumentary horror story that was first published as a novel.

The National Police Agency Security Bureau has a secret organization known as the Next Generation Crime Information Center. Their job is to stop the murders by using a certain girl's precognitive "dreams" before they actually happen! Written by the same author as Shinrei Tantei Yakumo.

Teenager Mei Ying is determined to get his feelings across after a chance reunion with the object of his long-held affections, Lin Haizhou. A troubled Haizhou, though, is just as determined to reject the younger man's advances. After all, not only are they soon to be student and teacher, they're brand new step-brothers, brought together by their parents' sudden remarriage!

Eijun Sawamura, a trumpeter, is scouted at a regular junior high school concert and joins the brass band of the prestigious Seidou High School. His goal is to become the ace of the brass band! What awaits Sawamura, who is suddenly late on his first day, is a club life full of turbulence with his unique friends...? The trombone player Furuya, the flute player Haruichi, and Miyuki also make an appearance! This is a unique spin-off comedy of "Daiya no Ace"!

A story about Drama Club President Reika Tamamori, perfect in every way, with an attractive face and figure, and a sharp, brilliant mind, and her kouhai, Souji Tsukida.Working hard in the same drama club, at first glance, they seem like a normal senpai-kouhai pair, but President Tamamori tends to get lost in her slightly lewd imagination...?A teenage love comedy that invites delusion after delusion!

Welcome to Kivotos, the Academy City, where students spend their daily lives armed. Follow the lives of the four girls who run a business here as they take on all kinds of odd jobs just to keep it afloat. With the self-proclaimed Outlaw CEO, Rikuhachima Aru, at the helm, Problem Solver 68 is always ready to stir up a storm! Tag along with the crew on their misadventures in the long-awaited official Blue Archive spin-off manga!

Manhua: Nan Ting Guwei (????) - The last destiny Author: Mofei Translator: Yumin Redraw and edit: Yoko Genre: Horror, humour, mysteryj Support artist at: kuaikanmanhua.com/web/topic/2625/ Summary: The story is about a university student named Gao Ying, who happened to be staying at a hotel in an old town with many mysteries and suddenly got caught up in a conflict, a disaster from hundred of years ago. Here, for the first time ever, the truth of the world will be revealed to his eyes. A mysterious story filled with spiritual elements and humor.

Taira Capeta was a 4th grader boy. He had lost his mother when he had been very little. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, actually he felt lonely. One day, his father brought junk parts home from his workplace and made a racing kart. Soon, they went to a circuit to drive the kart. However, Capeta found that its frame was bent and it could hardly run straight. But, with his technique he managed the kart. Furthermore, he followed soon after the fast kart and he could nearly leave it behind. The driver in the kart was Minamoto Naomi, the champion of the East Japan Junior Kart. Looking at their chase, Naomi’s mother, Minamoto Nanako, advised Capeta to take part in the official race.This manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for sh?nen in 2005.

In the otherworldly city of Delta, its grotesque residents sustain themselves by consuming human energy...! This gritty, action-packed tale marks the first full series from the up-and-coming talent who captivated audiences with the one-shots “Death Salmon Hunter” and “Composter Funeral”!

People often say that falling in love is a wonderful thing but, what if the one you fall in love with wants to be your mom? A story about a boy who agreed to his childhood friend's proposition of becoming his "mom". He thought they were playing house, she meant it for real.

In Hokkaido, the far northern lands of Japan, Sugimoto survived the Russo-Japanese war of the Meiji era. Nicknamed "Invincible Sugimoto" during the war, he now seeks the riches promised by the gold rush in hopes of saving the widowed wife of his now deceased comrade from the war. During his hunt of gold, he finds hints of a hidden stash of gold by corrupt criminals. Partnering with an Ainu girl that saves his life from the harsh climates of the north, they venture into a survival adventure to race against the criminals that seek the hidden stash.

Desperate to escape the streets after being discarded by his parents, Flynn finds hope at Willow City Necromancy Academy. There, his hidden spirit talents ignite. Crushing specters and gaining powerful spirit allies, Flynn eclipses his peers. Hailed as a prodigy, Flynn harbors a secret ambition: to become the strongest necromancer fueled by revenge from those who cast him out. As a specter horde marches, can the vengeful prodigy become a hero, or will his fury consume him?

Tooru Sawada not only goes to the same school as his young aunt Sugako but has to live with her under the same roof! Somehow Tooru always ends up being dragged into his beautiful and mischievous aunt's pranks and shenanigans.

You are here to play, and the only way out is death. You could bond with the other tenants, but are you sure you can trust them? Seonghan moves into his new cheap rental, where he immediately gets involved in an elaborate game of death hosted by his neighbor. The tenants struggle to fight for their lives, but some of them seem to have deadly secrets of their own...

They said Aia was destined to be a model, and Jun was bullied for her freckles. Together, they will take back the power to define themselves in an inspirational fashion manga that asks cutting questions about what it really means to be beautiful—and what it takes to overcome an arbitrary system that seems to respect talent over hard work.

Growing murder rates have forced the Japanese government to resurrect a Meiji-era penal code called "Death by Retaliation," allowing criminals to be executed in the same way their victims were killed. Within a special police task force, nine Assistors—executioners who are also victims of crimes—carry out these retributions with fervor and sincerity.

The story starts with Sanda, a second year middle school student, getting attacked with a kitchen knife by his classmate Fuyumura. While Sanda couldn't make sense of the situation at first, he gradually came to believe that Fuyumura's actions were just mean acts stemming off from the latter having a peculiar puberty phase.    But that is all a misunderstanding. Fuyumura actually suspects that Sanda is the descendant of a certain lineage…

Humanity’s home is no longer Earth. Intersellar travel is now a common occurence, and technology has replaced blood and flesh. Luka, who grew up in the slums, has turned fifteen and taken the selection exams. His aptitude is of the “Imperial Guard.” [By the Studio that brought you <Solo Leveling> and <Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint> and <Revenge of the Iron-Blooded Sword Hound]

Gunpla-loving high school student Atsuyama is not satisfied with making kits, so he finally comes up with the idea of ??making a life-sized Acguy!

A mysterious girl and a strange ammonite I met at my new school. I want to dream of the Cretaceous Period with my "favorite" girl! The humble and passionate adolescence of me and her, who devote their high school life to excavating dinosaur fossils, begins!Youth Romcom about a transfer student boy meeting a fossil fanatic girl in his new school who is introducing him to the paleontology club

Bastards? How can there be bastards in the world. They are all heroes! Li Erdan only wants to be a bastard, but he always does "good things" by accident and is repeatedly reported as a hero by the media. However, and just as when he was about to turn from evil to good and work hard, fate decided to play a joke on him...

This is the story of a protagonist who delves into various dungeons and sticks to his motto. a new profession called Dungeon Adventurer'' emerged and began to attract attention, which used magic and skills to exterminate magical beasts.

This is "Meltier," a town of cats. Moko, who has no memory of her past, ends up helping out at a coffee shop in town. There, she meets many unique and fun kittens and friends! A little bit mysterious and extraordinarily happy. A heartwarming fairy tale fantasy of everyday life!

After the meteorite "Artemis" collapses on the moon, an unidentified phenomenon affects humans: the "Reproductive system disease". 12 years passed and mankind has done research in the field of cloning and immortality in this world where the birth rate is 0. Meanwhile, Ashiro Koshiro is still seeking the cause of this disease, and suddenly a woman appears and gives him a mysterious suitcase...

In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This perfect world isn't that perfect though, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls—Tuan Kirie—grows up to be a member of the World Health Organization. As a crisis threatens the harmony of the new world, Tuan rediscovers another member of her suicide pact, and together they must help save the planet...from itself.

Anastasia, an elf renowned as a once-in-a-millennium magical talent, faces the final battle of a three-way war in another world. In the midst of battle with her arch enemies, the demon race, Anastasia is enveloped in an intense light and, when she awakens, finds herself on an uninhabited island. As Anastasia strolls around the island, a mysterious human appears before her, but she can no longer use magic...!? A survival comedy featuring the most powerful and beautiful girls from another world and an older man washed ashore on an uninhabited island!

If you don't earn money, you can't survive! When his parent falls ill, high school student Hashiba Ryuuji has to give up his dreams and start working to earn money for his mother's hospital bills. One day, Ryuuji finds a part-time job that pays an unbelievable amount, and even though he knows it's suspicious, he joins to pursue his dream once again. Following his employer's instructions, he passes through a mysterious door and finds himself in an unknown world where he is suddenly attacked by monsters...!?

Is this how we deal with top-level adventurers?!The daily struggles of the Demon Lord's army in an "R&D Discussion" comedy!

Japan has been invaded by gods—and they've left nothing but death and destruction in their wake. With entire cities now classified as uninhabitable danger zones, Anti-God researcher Sachiyuki Tokinaga is determined to find a way to take down the gods and save humanity. When chance leads him to high schooler Waka Kamikura, the two may just end up changing the fate of the world forever.